Thursday, March 11th, 2010 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 1 Comment
Harmonix and MTV Games recently announced a four-song pack coming to the Music Store from pop phenomenon Lady Gaga. In addition to “Bad Romance,” “Just Dance,” “Monster,” and “Poker Face” being available as a track pack and individual songs, the popular cover version by South Park character Eric Cartman will also be made available with the track pack as a separate song when the songs premiere next week.
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010 | Posted by Gavin Greene | No Comments
Following the success of The Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition, LucasArts has announced that the popular point-and-click adventure sequel, LeChuck’s Revenge, will also receive a HD revamp this summer. Coming to Xbox Live Arcade, Playstation Network, PC, and the iPhone, the remake will feature the same features as its predecessor: including a full high-definition makeover, complete voice-over, hint system, and seamless integration of both the new and old versions of the game allowing for players to switch between at will. Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge will also contain some new goodies: including interactive developer commentary and allowing for players to directly control Guybrush in lieu of the classic point-and-click interface found in the original.
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010 | Posted by Gavin Greene | No Comments
Harmonix and MTV Games strive to continue their domination in the music-rhythm genre, despite a downturn in sales last year, with releasing information on two new discs in the self-described revolutionary Rock Band franchise. Via an update to their company Facebook page, Harmonix revealed Rock Band 3 as being in production. This reveal comes after the announcement that Dhani Harrison, son of Beatle George Harrison and aid in selling the band’s music rights to Apple, will be working on making Rock Band 3 instruments “more real so people can actually learn how to play music while playing the game.” No release dates have been officially announced for the title.
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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 | Posted by Vincent Lam | 5 Comments
Sony has demoed 6 games for the PlayStation Move in their press conference at GDC 2010 in San Francisco. Games demoed included Sports Champion, Move Party, LittleBigPlanet, EyePet, Motion Fighter and SOCOM 4.
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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 3 Comments
Acting as a major keynote in Sony’s conference at this year’s Game Developer’s Conference was a video debuting their motion controller. Shown in a variety of uses, the system has finally received a final name, “Playstation Move,” and will be available this Fall. Advertised games featuring the motion control include LittleBigPlanet, EyePet, Motion Fighter, SOCOM 4, Gladiator, Table Tennis, and Move Party. The official, full Elder-Geek summary of the motion controller segment of Sony’s press conference can be found here.
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Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 2 Comments
Erectile Dysfunction proved a much stronger foe than Sephiroth for Cloud...
Demonstration builds are a key instrument in building pre-release hype for a game, or to breath a bit of post-release buzz for a lesser known release. But creating a self-contained experience, while still teasing the fully-priced product, is a difficult task. Some developers, most often seen in Xbox Live’s Indie Games library, time their demos: offering the full experience for a limited amount of time. Others block off all but the basic modes of play, giving the most streamlined version of the game. But a new patent from Sony, discovered by Siliconera, may add a new method to the demo madness.
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Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 | Posted by Eliot Hagen | 4 Comments
Musical instrument manufacturer First Act have birthed Seven45 Studios, who will be developing Power Gig: Rise of the SixString for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Promising to be the “dawn of a new era for music games,” PowerGig ships with a new peripheral designed from the ground up that’s actually a fully functional 6-string electric guitar. In addition to working with the game, the peripheral can be plugged into any standard amp.
“Power Gig: Rise of the SixString is meant to be the answer for all of those gamers who have wanted to take their band game experience to the next level; we’re confident that players will agree that the transition from the existing games is both seamless and exhilarating,” said Seven45 Studios CEO Bernard Chiu. He went on to state that anybody will be able to “pick up and play” the instrument.
The game is set to release in the Fall of 2010. Click on the pic of the peripheral to see it in all its glory.
Friday, March 5th, 2010 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 8 Comments
Admit it, you missed me.
GLaDOS fans rejoice, for Valve has descended from their Bellevue Washington headquarters via press statement, confirming the existence and eventual release of Portal 2. Sequel to the universally acclaimed puzzle-platformer portion of the company’s 2007 collection The Orange Box, Portal 2 is set to release this holiday season as a full priced, full-length title. While platforms are still unannounced, expect the game to hit the same consoles that Orange Box landed on, making PS3, PC, and Xbox 360 versions likely. More details will be revealed to the public at next week’s Game Developer’s Conference.
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Thursday, March 4th, 2010 | Posted by Eliot Hagen | 1 Comment
It was announced today that EA Partners, an offshoot of Electronic Arts will be publishing Ron Gilbert’s DeathSpank in conjuction with indie publisher Hothead Games. The game will release later this year on PSN and XBLA.
Gilbert, the industry veteran behind the Monkey Island series, has been working on the game since 2004 and it has been “described by top scientists as Monkey Island meets Diablo.” In the game, you’ll play the titular DeathSpank; Dispenser of Justice, Vanquisher of Evil, and Hero to the Downtrodden. Press releases promise a swashbuckling adventure involving a mythical object known as ‘The Artifact,’ Thongs of Virtue, loads of looting, and Gilbert’s trademark humor and wit. You can check out all of the trailers and teasers at the official website and have a gander at some screenshots in the gallery below.
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Thursday, March 4th, 2010 | Posted by Vincent Lam | 3 Comments
Activision and Bizarre Creations has announced that Blur will have across platform competition between PSN and XBL facilitated through twitter via notifications given in-game, and dashboard messages as you and your friends’ accomplishments within the game is automatically twitted upon completing or receiving a challenge. Bizarre Creations facilitates competition through this cross messaging system and challenges do not directly affect anything in-game. Bizarre Creations has noted that Xbox Live Gold accounts is not required to twitter responses to friends, but Gold accounts is required to play head-to-head on Xbox Live. Blur is to release May 25th for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
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Thursday, March 4th, 2010 | Posted by Gavin Greene | No Comments
Crytek announced that their immensely popular and flexible CryEngine will be making its way into the 3-dimension, with a full-access presentation of the stereoscopic 3D during the upcoming Game Developer’s Conference (March 11-13).
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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 | Posted by Robin Meijer | 1 Comment
Sony reported yesterday that it has acquired LittleBigPlanet-developer Media Molecule. The studio will become an official part of the Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios (SCE WWS), which also includes Guerrilla Games, Naughty Dog and Zipper Interactive.
SCE WWS president Shuhei Yoshida stated that the “SCE WWS is all about creating ambitious, innovative and ground breaking games, traits that Media Molecule clearly have. To bring them into our family proves our dedication to creating fantastic new experiences that we believe will cement our position as industry leaders.”
Media Molecule was founded in 2006 by a group of former Lionhead Studios employees and LittleBigPlanet was the first game to be developed by the company. No information is currently available concerning future projects of Media Molecule, though the company continues to provide downloadable content for LittleBigPlanet.
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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 | Posted by Robin Meijer | 3 Comments
Following news earlier today that the CEO and President of Infinity Ward were fired by Activision over allegations of insubordination, Activision-Blizzard has issued a press-release that details the future of the Call of Duty series.
As was announced before, Treyarch is currently working on a new installment in the series due for release later this year. Infinity Ward is currently involved in developing two map packs for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which was released in November 2009.
However, Activision-Blizzard also stated that the recently established Sledgehammer Games, headed by former general manager of Visceral Games, will be working on bringing the Call of Duty franchise to the action-adventure genre. Activision has stated that:
“The company is also for the first time announcing that a new game in the Call of Duty series is expected to be released in 2011 and that Sledgehammer Games, a newly formed, wholly owned studio, is in development on a Call of Duty game that will extend the franchise into the action-adventure genre.”
Furthermore, a separate business unit will be established for all Call of Duty-related games. This business unit will be headed by Philip Earl, who currently heads Activision’s Asia/Pacific publishing department.
With respect to the unrest at Infinity Ward, Activision stated that “Activision Publishing veterans Steve Pearce, chief technology officer and Steve Ackrich, head of production, will lead Infinity Ward on an interim basis. Jason West and Vince Zampella are no longer with Infinity Ward.”
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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 | Posted by Vincent Lam | 1 Comment
Mega Man returns in an all-new 8 bit adventure in Mega Man 10 for Wiiware, PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade. Capcom has announced that Mega Man 10 will also have downloadable content, but released a month later instead of the week after as seen with Mega Man 9. Add-on content includes:
Bass Mode for 200 Wii points on April 5
Special Stage 1 for 100 Wii points on April 5
Special Stage 2 for 100 Wii points on April 26
Special Stage 3 for 100 Wii points on April 26
Endless Attack Mode for 300 Wii points on April 26
Mega Man 10 is now available on Wiiware and will be ready for download on PSN March 11th and XBLA on March 31st. As of this posting there are no official announcement for prices and release dates of DLC for PSN and XBLA versions of the game.
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 2 Comments
VGChartz is reporting a surprising opening week for Quantic Dream’s interactive drama, Heavy Rain pulling in almost half a million units in its first week on shelves. Bolstered by some impressive pre-order numbers; the IP sold 200,000 units in the United States, 100,000 in the United Kingdom, over 50k in the developer’s home country of France, and 25k in Japan, with the rest of the numbers filing in from other markets within the PAL, NTSC, and Asian-Pacific regions.
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